Since you are interested in The Snows of Kilimanjaro / 5 Fingers (complete soundtracks), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
KORNGOLD / STEINER / YOUNG / ROZSA
Captain Blood / The Three Musketeers / Scaramouche / The King's Thief (original film scores) Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Kaufman (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "An ensemble that has this genre of music running clearly in its collective blood....A valuable issue altogether" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
MAX STEINER
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (The) Dino Soldo (harmonica) / Moscow Symphony Chorus / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] Max Steiner's music for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is one of the composer's best remembered scores and gathered recognition by winning the Venice World Award in 1948. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Oda (Alone) complete score of the silent film Irina Mataeva (sop) Anna Kiknadze (mezzo) Dmitry Voropaev (tenor) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] Set in late 1920s Leningrad and then in the Altai Mountains in Russian Mongolia, Shostakovich's second film ODNA (ALONE) features a dazzling score for a huge orchestra including a banda (8 brass band instruments), theremin, (Shostakovich was one of... |
KORNGOLD
Sea Hawk (The) / Deception Irinia Romishevskaya / Moscow Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "This isn't just essential for Korngold or film score collectors--this release also is perfect for mp3 players, long car trips, or any activity that needs a nice big chunk of orchestral music to while away an hour or two. If this isn't an... |
TIOMKIN
Red River (original film score) Moscow Symphony Chorus / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "All praise to the Moscow forces however – their vocal brethren perhaps excluded - for their powerful commitment to this score and its ebullient realisation in this performance." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) -- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
BERNARD HERRMANN / ALFRED NEWMAN
The Egyptian (complete film score) Moscow Symphony orchestra & Choir / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "This beautifully recorded performance, conducted by Willam Stromberg, features 71 minutes of the mysterious, brooding and evocative joint score." --Review by Andy Cooper, The Leader-Post, |
SALTER / DESSAU
House of Frankenstein Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] House of Frankenstein score remains one of a small handful of golden age film scores that truly rate being heard complete and often. |
MAX STEINER
King Kong (1933 film score reconstructed by J. Morgan) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] "An essential addition to any serious film music collection, it has all been lovingly restored by John Morgan, performed with gusto by William Stromberg and the Moscow Symphony, and vividly recorded by Naxos (formerly Marco Polo). Now reissued at... |
WOJCIECH KILAR
Bram Stoker's Dracula / Death and the Maiden / King of the Last Days Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] Kilar had worked on over a hundred Polish films before scoring his first American film, Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, followed by acclaimed scores for Roman Polanski’s Death and the Maiden and The Ninth Gate, typified by expressive... |
FRANZ WAXMAN
Rebecca (Film Score) Viktor Simcisko (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] "At budget price interested parties could hardly refuse such a textually intelligent, well-played and con amore production." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |